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Volume 4, Issue 9 September 2017
Branches
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In This Issue Page
Message from Pastor Mark 3-4
General Information 5-6
Missions Update 6
Hispanic Ministry 7-8
Offering Records 8
Older Adult Ministry 9
Men’s Ministry 10
Women’s Ministry 11
Student and Family Ministry 12
College Ministry 13
Preschool and Children’s Ministry 14-15
Calendar of Events 16
I am the vine, you are the branches; John 15:5
Branches Capitol Hill Baptist Church
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As we start September, and another fall season in the church, I want to
share about two things that have happened that give reason to celebrate
what God has done, and build expectation for what is to come. August
20 was our last quarterly Member’s Meeting. During that meeting the
church was informed of a legacy gift we had received during the
summer.
The Budget and Finance Committee and I discussed many possible ways for those dollars to
best be used to impact ministry in and through Capitol Hill Baptist Church. It was
determined that one of the best investments we can make as a church is to continue
attempting to raise up and train ministers of the gospel.
The church voted during the meeting on August 20 to use a portion of that gift to extend a one year residency program for Ryan Ross. Ryan will begin seminary this fall through distance
learning, but plans to move to the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with
his wife Braelyn in August 2018. During the next year Ryan will serve our church as a
pastoral assistant with responsibilities in the youth ministry and in general pastoral duties.
We are thankful for the opportunity to build on our desire to equip young men for ministry,
and to utilize Ryan to help us in student outreach, curriculum development, church
discipleship, and usage of our library. Continue to pray that God allows CHBC to be an
equipping and sending church for pastors and ministers.
A second exciting moment for CHBC happened just one week later as we celebrated 115 years
of God’s faithfulness. Our 115th Anniversary recognition was a wonderful day. We had a
capacity crowd in our worship center with many special guests attending who had been
members throughout the decades at CHBC.
Many people worked very hard to make the day special. Pastor Aaron led a steering team who
planned the day. The team included Bro. Jim White, Rob Ross, Sharon Gentry, Willa Ruth
Garlow, and Jennifer Crosby. Our History Committee, Greeters, Hospitality Team, Deacons
and several in our student and college ministries served leading up to and throughout the day
so that the entire event provided all of us a very special time. Thank you to all who worked so
hard for this special occasion.
The worship service during the morning was the capstone moment of the celebration. Thank
you to Pastor Scott for working with me to plan a wonderful worship service, and for
preparing our orchestra, Anniversary Choir, praise team and worship band. Our musicians and vocalists set the stage for a joyful attitude of worship. Thank you also to our translators,
Rebekah Juarez, Rudy Vargas and Daniel Garcia for helping us be 1 church in 2 languages
during the morning service.
Pastor Mark’s Message
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The baptisms by Pastor Isaias, the Lord’s Supper, and the reading of our Church Covenant
truly expressed the New Testament image of what a church is meant to be and to do. I am
grateful for a special day with a special group of people. May God provide 115 years more or
until Jesus returns.
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Pastor Mark D. DeMoss
Pastor Mark’s Message continued
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General Information
Verse of the Month
No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. For He will give His angels
charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. Psalm 91:10-11 NASB
2nd Sunday Coffee with Pastor Mark If you are a guest at CHBC and would like to meet our Pastor, or just have a chance to visit
please join him for 2nd Sunday Coffee in the CHBC Media Center/Library at 9:45 a.m.
100th Anniversary of Falls Creek On Sunday evening, September 3, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. there will be
a Homecoming Service commemorating Falls Creek 100th anniversary. We
will be taking the shuttle and departing CHBC at 3:00 p.m. and returning at
approximately 10:00 p.m. If you would like to ride the shuttle, please
contact the church office to reserve your spot (there are 25 seats available).
The Homecoming Service will present a classic Falls Creek worship service,
with a Falls Creek Centennial Choir, a sermon, recognition of special guests, a
commemorative video, and other special parts to the program. There is no cost to attend the
Sunday evening event. The Falls Creek campgrounds will be opened at 2:00 p.m. for those
who want to arrive early. Concessions will be available.
Opportunities for Worship Ministry
♪ Worship Choir - Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. - (Room 206). Available for 7th grade & up.
♪ Orchestra - First Sundays of the month at 3:00 p.m. - (Worship Center)
♪ PoWeR for Kids - Sundays at 4:00 p.m. - (Room 221) If you are interested in leading in
this ministry contact Stephanie Miller at
♪ Tech Booth - for church services. If you have interest in audio, visual and/or lights and
want to serve with our Tech Team contact Pastor Scott at [email protected]
Deacons for the month of September, 2017
September 3 - September 9 Jason Baird and Jim Huff
September 10 - September 16 Steve Lacy and Terry Davidson
September 17 - September 23 Brian Boone and Casey Miller
September 24 - September 30 Drew Steger and Danny Whitmill
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North American Mission Board Missionary
Spotlight for September Join us in praying for Tim and Athena Chappell, church planting missionaries
at New Beginnings Oxford in Oxford, Michigan.
Pray for Houston
No doubt you have heard of the historic flooding
that has taken place in Houston with the
aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. What you may not
know is that our good friends from Lord Send Me
Ministries, the team who helps us each year at the
BASH, are from the Houston area. They have been
greatly affected by the floods and are hard at work
trying to feed and help volunteers and those affected by the storm.
We have been in touch with John Boaz, the leader of that
ministry, and they need our help. Would you please pray
about how our church might help with our friends in Houston?
As things settle down and we get more information from John, the pastors and
Missions Team will be letting you know about what opportunities our church
will have to serve and minister to the people of Houston. Be ready to respond!
Weekly Mission Trips to Guatemala
It is our plan this Fall to begin taking weekly mission trips
to Guatemala. Well, kind of. We hope to install an internet
connection in the remote town of Lo De Lac, Guatemala,
where we spent most of our time this summer on our
mission trip. This internet connection, along with a
computer and a projector, will allow us to stream our
Hispanic worship service each week to a new church in Lo De Lac.
It will allow us to provide sermons, Bible studies, and discipleship classes to
the ends of the earth, without the expensive cost of plane tickets and passports!
In reality, we can take a mission trip to Guatemala every week.
Most importantly, this will allow us the opportunity to give training to the
future pastor that we are praying that God will raise up. Yes, we will still go to
Guatemala next summer. But with this extra effort, we expect there to be
tremendous growth and more fertile soil for us when we arrive.
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General Information
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Hispanic Ministry Pastor Isaias Vargas
Associate Pastor of Hispanic Ministries
En Misión
Rick Warren saco un libro en el 2003 llamado una vida con propósito. Cuando supe de este
libro, fue una noche en que nos atrapo un tornado en uno de los pueblos de Kansas.
Después que pasó la tormenta ya no pudimos regresar a casa. Porque las calles estaban
inundadas, la gasolinera había cerrado sus puertas y la noche ya había avanzado. Así que
decidimos buscar, con tanta dificultad, a un amigo que vivía en el pueblo, por la gracia de
Dios pudimos con mi esposa dar con la casa. Después de una sabrosa cena fije mis ojos
hacia el libro que estaba sobre la mesa de sala. Lo observe y anote la información y unos
días después ya contaba con el libro. No olvidamos la forma en la que supimos del libro. En
el ultimo capitulo Rick comenta que “fuiste hecho para una misión. Dios esta trabajando en
el mundo y quiere que te unas a él teniendo un ministerio en el cuerpo de Cristo. Tu misión
es un privilegio porque veras como otros entran a la vida eterna cuando cumples tu misión
de hablarles”.
La misión no es nada nuevo. Jesús dijo a sus discípulos “Como me envió el Padre, así
también yo os envío” (Juan 20.21). Nuestra iglesia apoya mucho las misiones mundiales
pero esta vez queremos o deseamos que toda la iglesia se involucre en la misión que
tenemos en Lo de Lac, Guatemala. Los planes son: Iniciar una obra o iglesia, instalar un
pastor que se haga cargo de la obra, estar en conexión directa con la iglesia en Lo de Lac
usando los servicios tecnológicos para las reuniones semanales de discipulado y servicio,
comprar una propiedad y construir un templo en la localidad.
En Julio 2017 nuestro viaje fue mas productivo y muy bendecido porque pudimos llegar a
visitar directamente a las familias en sus hogares y compartir con ellos el mensaje de la
Biblia. También se pudo construir 4 estufas de leña a cuatro familias y repartimos 75 bolsas
de víveres a cada familia. Como resultado ya tenemos alrededor de cuatro familias que están
listas para empezar a reunirse en el discipulado.
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CHBC Offering Records
For July, 2017
2017 Total Budget $904,671.00
Receipts $ 82,688.88 Expenses $ 77,829.31
YTD Receipts $575,226.28 YTD Expenses $485,115.25
En la foto puede observarse que esta familia cocinaba sobre la tierra. Cuando llegamos a
pedirles permiso que nos permitieran construirles su estufa, se llenaron de gozo. Al
siguiente día iniciamos la construcción como se observa en la siguiente foto. Fue de mucha
alegría el haber podido servirles de esta manera en la que Dios nos permitió hacer. En el
siguiente año deseamos seguir bendiciendo a otras familias de la misma manera.
Esperamos que también usted sea muy bendecido en este proyecto misionero.
Offering Records
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Older Adult Ministry
Is God Done?
“Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens
and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth
and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on
it and spirit to those who walk in it.” Isaiah 42:5
We have begun to look at God’s work in the lives of
the young and the old in Scripture. These stories of
men and women such as ourselves encourage us as
we seek out God’s purposes for our own lives today.
YOUNG...
The prophet, Samuel, was probably 12 or 13 years old
when God called him. You remember his mother,
Hannah, was barren. She cried out to the Lord for a
son and promised she would “give him to the Lord all
the days of his life.” Samuel was used as a prophet,
teacher, and judge in the nation of Israel through the
end of the era of judges and the beginning of the era
of kings (he anointed the first two). He was used by
God to challenge Israel of their sin and call them to
repentance.
...and OLD
Caleb was one of the spies sent into the Promised
Land who, along with Joshua, gave a good report of
the land. Both men survived the next 40 years of the
wilderness as their entire generation died for their
bad report which brought the people to rebel against
the Lord’s plan for them to take the land. Caleb was
40 then. He was promised by Moses that he would
inherit the hill country. Then, 45 years later, he
stated, “Now behold, I am eighty-five years old today.
I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses
sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in. Now
then, give me this hill country about which the Lord
spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that
Anakim were there, with great fortified cities;
perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I will drive
them out as the Lord has spoken.”
Their God is our God!
All Older Adults, including
associate members, teaching
in other departments or
participating in Median Adult
SS classes, are welcome to
all Older Adult events.
September Activities
Our monthly Lunch will be
on Sunday, September 17 as
we celebrate Grandparents
Day. There will be a
recognition time in the
morning service followed by
lunch for grandparents and
their families in the Activity
Center.
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Knights For Christ CHBC Men’s Ministry
search Youtube for “CHBC Mens Frat” or go to http://bit.ly/2bwlkL1
Men’s Fraternity
It’s not too late to join us for Men’s Fraternity each
Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday!
Our topic is Survive and Thrive: A How-to Guide
for Men.
We meet each Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. in Rm. 206.
We meet each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Rm. 310.
We meet each Saturday at 7:00 a.m. in Rm. 206.
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CHBC Women
Hispanic Women’s Monthly Bible Study & Fellowship
Each month the Spanish speaking women of CHBC gather for bible study and fellowship.
This month they will be meeting on Saturday, September 16th at 9:00 a.m.
Women’s Bible Studies
Connect with other women of Capitol Hill Baptist Church by getting involved in one of the
following Fall bible studies:
Mondays at 6:00 p.m., at Cheryl Hawkins’ home
“Believing in God” by Beth Moore - led by Cheryl Hawkins
Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., beginning September 12th, in Room 206
“Entrusted” and “Psalms” both 6 week studies by Beth Moore - led by Patti Harris
Homeschool Mom’s meet Thursdays at 2:00 p.m., every other week and began August
10th, in Solomon’s Porch
“A Living Hope in Christ” by Gospel Coalition and Jen Wilkins - led by Diana Tennison
Women’s Ministry Fall Event
Open to all women, youth and up! Join us Friday, September
22nd from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, September
23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Dinner will be served
Friday evening. The cost is $10 per person and our guest
speaker will be Willa Ruth Garlow.
Please bring new or gently used shoes for school-aged
children as we begin “Souls & Shoes” a service project
for our Guatemala families in need of shoes for their
children.
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Saturday, September 16 – Bowling at HeyDay Lower
Bricktown
Meet at the church at 9:00 a.m. so that we can hit the bowling lanes by 10. $15 gets you an
hour and a half of bowling, shoe rental, and all of the chips, salsa, and soda you can handle!
Bring some money for lunch in Bricktown afterwards. We’ll return to CHBC around 1:15 p.m.
Sunday, September 24 – SNAC at Mazzio’s Pizza
(Telephone Rd. in Moore) Sunday Night After Church we’re heading to Mazzio’s Pizza for some pizza (drinks are free on
Sundays!). Bring the whole family and come and enjoy fellowship together. SNACs at
restaurants are always dutch treat. If you need transportation, let us know and we’ll try to
find you a ride. We try to wrap up around 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 27 – New Sermon Series: “Follow
Me: Discipleship The Way Jesus Intended” We continue our study in the Gospel of Luke by seeing what Jesus has to say about
discipleship in chapters 14-17. This six week mini-series will challenge students to be disciples
and to make disciples the way Jesus intended.
Friday, October 20 – Sunday, October
22: “KNOWN” D-Now Weekend
A D-Now is a weekend-long local retreat where students gather at
CHBC for worship and preaching, and spend the night at host
homes for small group discussion and fellowship. Saturday
afternoon will include a service project in the area. The event will end on Sunday morning
during the Sunday School hour with breakfast.
Theme: KNOWN: Understanding Our Identity in Christ
Speaker: Scott Pace, professor at OBU
Price: $25 due by October 15
2018 Save the Dates: February 9-10: Winter Retreat @ Falls Creek (Cost: $40)
May 6: Graduate Recognition Sunday & Lunch
July 23 -26: Student Life Summer Camp @
Arlington, TX (Cost: $250)
Pastor Aaron Associate Pastor of Student and Family Ministries
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New College Ministry Leadership
We’re happy to announce that Jason and Jennifer Crosby will now be serving as college
ministry leaders. Here’s a brief introduction of who they are so that you can get to know them
better.
For anyone that doesn’t know Jason and Jennifer Crosby, they have
been members at CHBC for 15 years and have been leading the
young adult Sunday school class called Joshua’s Project for the last
13 years. They have two children Caitlyn who is in the college
ministry and Landon who is in the youth. Jason is originally from
Florida and loves everything Florida Gators. Jennifer is from North
Carolina and is a huge Duke Blue Devil’s fan but more importantly
than that they love their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are excited
about the opportunity to lead CHBC’s collegiate ministry. Jason is on staff at CHBC as the Assistant Pastor of Membership and Jennifer is the Director of Business at Christian Heritage
Academy in Del City. As they begin this new chapter, their goal is to lead college students to
love the Lord, to equip them to share the gospel on their campuses, and to model a biblical
Christian lifestyle all to glorify Christ. They will be kicking this new chapter off on Monday
the 4th of September with a cookout at their house and they hope to see all the collegiate
students there with a friend.
Monday, September 4 - Hang out at the Crosby Home
We will be having a fellowship on Monday, September 4th at 1:00 p.m. at the Crosby’s home.
Come hangout, swim, play volleyball/basketball, and eat!
Friday, September 8 - ‘Momentum” at Quail Springs
Baptist Church
On Friday, September 8th, we will be going to
“Momentum” at Quail Springs Baptist Church.
The speaker will be Richard Ross, who is a
professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, and Charlie Hall will be leading
worship. The cost is only $5 (but if this is an issue
for you please let Betty or Pastor Aaron know.)
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Extended Teaching Care (ETC)
September 3
Babies: Linda Henson & Sharon Gentry
1 Year: Cecilia Crews & Joni Sherrer
2 Year: Krista & Amy Jacques
3 Year: Ace & Sharin Burke
September 10
Babies: Porctia Tinsley & Dawna Newton
1 Year: Paige Boone & Melissa Suttle
2 Year: Leslie Wences & Lily Huff
3 Year: Whitney Steger & Lori McClure
September 17
Babies: Choir Members
1 Year: Choir Members
2 Year: Choir Members
3 Year: Choir Members
Extended Teaching Care (ETC)
September 24
Babies: Dale & Reba Bobbitt
1 Year: Joni Kendrick & __________
2 Year: Cheryl Vogler & __________
3 Year: Cheralyn Ford & Grace Whitmill
If you are unable to serve in ETC on your Sunday,
please switch with someone else on the list. Then
notify Amy Cusack at [email protected].
Mother’s Day Out
Mother’s Day Out has moved to TWO days
starting in September, 2017! We are now
enrolling for FALL 2017!
For more information or to see if space is available go to www.chbchurch.org/mdo.
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Update from Mrs. Cheryl
September 6 - Twinkie Night - bring a
friend and dress alike - you both will get a Twinkie!
September 13 - Regular Club Night
September 20 - School Spirit Night - wear
your school shirt - we will pray for your schools and teachers.
September 27 - Crazy Hair Night
Important dates:
September 10th - 1st graders will be presented with Bibles during morning worship.
October 20-21 - 5th and 6th graders pretreen retreat
“Catapult”. Cost is $35 per person. For more information or to
reserve your child’s spot, contact Cheryl Ross at
[email protected] or visit chbchurch.org/events by
September 6th.
Twelve four year olds attended Camp Big Enough!
Welcome them when you see them in “Big Church”.
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 7:00a Men’s Fraternity
3 3:00p CHBC Shuttle
departs for Falls Creek
CHBC Orchestra
No Other Evening
Activities
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Church Offices
Closed
1:00p College
Student Fellowship
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6:00a Men’s Fraternity
6:30p Language
Learners
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2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Worship Ministry
Rehearsal
Men’s Fraternity
7:30p Hispanic Ministry
Worship Practice
7 2:00p Homeschool
Mom’s Bible Study
SMFAA
6:30p Hispanic Men’s
Discipleship Class
8:30p CHBC Men’s BB
8 7:00p College
Students at
“Momentum”
8:00p Hispanic
Vigil—Primera
de Norman
9 7:00a Men’s Fraternity
10 9:00a Explore CHBC
9:45a 2nd Sunday Coffee
3:00p Building & Grounds
Tech Team
4:00p Missions Team
Personnel Committee
Meeting
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2:00p SMFAA
6:00p Women’s
Bible Study—offsite
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6:00a Men’s Fraternity
9:15a Mother’s Day Out
9:30a Women’s Bible
Study
2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Language
Learners
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2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Worship Ministry
Rehearsal
Men’s Fraternity
7:30p Hispanic Ministry
Worship Practice
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9:15a Mother’s Day Out
2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Hispanic Men’s
Discipleship Class
8:30p CHBC Men’s BB
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16 7:00a Men’s Fraternity
9:00a Hispanic
Women’s Bible Study
and Fellowship
9:00a Students at
HeyDay
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9:00a Explore CHBC
11:45a Grandparent’s
Luncheon
3:30p Budget & Finance
Committee Meeting
18 2:00p SMFAA
6:00p Women’s
Bible Study—offsite
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6:00a Men’s Fraternity
9:15a Mother’s Day Out
9:30a Women’s Bible
Study
2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Language
Learners
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2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Worship Ministry
Rehearsal
Men’s Fraternity
7:30p Hispanic Ministry
Worship Practice
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9:15a Mother’s Day Out
2:00p SMFAA
Homeschool
Mom’s Bible Study
6:30p Hispanic Men’s
Discipleship Class
8:30p CHBC Men’s BB
22 6:00p “Renew”
Women’s
Ministry Fall
Event
23 7:00a Men’s Fraternity
8:30a “Renew” Women’s
Ministry Fall Event
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9:00a Explore CHBC
4:00p Sunday School
Leader Training
6:00p Student SNAC
25 10:00a Older
Adult Luncheon
2:00p SMFAA
6:00p Women’s
Bible Study—offsite
26 6:00a Men’s Fraternity
9:15a Mother’s Day Out
9:30a Women’s Bible
Study
2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Language
Learners
27 2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Worship Ministry
Rehearsal
Men’s Fraternity
7:30p Hispanic Ministry
Worship Practice
28 9:15a Mother’s Day Out
2:00p SMFAA
6:30p Hispanic Men’s
Discipleship Class
8:30p CHBC Men’s BB
29 30 7:00a Men’s Fraternity
September 2017
Regular Sunday Schedule: Wednesday Schedule:
Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. AWANA : 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:15 a.m. Student Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.
PoWeR for Kids 4:00 p.m. Midweek Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Evening Worship: 5:00 p.m. Bible Study in Spanish: 6:00 p.m.
Worship Choir (beginning September 6): 7:30 p.m.
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